Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
BODHIDHARMAThe true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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To have a body is to suffer.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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